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Flashcards by Liz Broderick, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Liz Broderick
about 9 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| When did Germany invade Poland? | September 1939 |
| What is Blitzkreig | Lightening warfare. |
| What was the German air force called? | Luftwaffe |
| What is a Panzer? | A German tank |
| Explain the term Phoney War. | When England declared war on Germany but no fighting took place between them for 6 months. |
| What was Operation Dynamo? | the British evacuation of BEF troops from Belgium after the Germans had swiftly defeated them on route to France |
| What does BEF stand for? | British expeditionary force. |
| explain the term operation sea lion? | The German bombing of RAF airbases |
| What was the Blitz? | he German bombing of British cities by the Luftwaffe |
| What are spitfires and Hurricanes | RAF planes |
| What was the name of the battle the British defeated Mussolini and the Germans in Africa? | Battle of El Alemein |
| What was a dogfight? | plane fighting a plane |
| what was the code name for the German invasion of Russia. | Operation Barbarossa |
| Name the three cities the Germans attacked in Russia | Moscow. Leningrad and Stalingrad |
| what battle was lost by the Germans | the Battle of Stalingrad |
| name the German general and the Russian general involved in the final battle in Russia. | Von Palus and Molotov |
| Why did the Russians Burn everything as they retreated? | so the Germans would have no supplies of food , oil, armaments, clothing etc. |
| what place did the Japanese bomb in America | Pearl harbour. |
| what was the name of the shelter people built in their gardens during the Blitz. | Anderson hut. |
| what code name was given to D-DAY | Operation Overlord |
| where in France did the Allies plan to launch their attack against the Germans? | Normandy |
| how many beaches did the land at and name them? | 5. Utah Omaha Pluto Juno sword. |
| WHAT IS A PARATROOPER? | Soldier who is parachuted into an area. |
| what year did WW2 end | 1945. |
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